ENABLE Reference Manual

ENABLE ATTRIBUTES
DATAFILE Attribute
Consideration
ENABLE uses the value of the DATAFILE attribute when generating
the PATHCOM command file. When you set a value for DATAFILE, you
preclude any file name identified in the record description from
being used.
Examples
Suppose that the following record description identifies more
than one data base file:
RECORD manager.
FILE IS "employ" KEY-SEQUENCED.
02 empnum PIC 9(4).
02 empname PIC 9(18).
02 dept-id PIC 9(4).
KEY 0 IS empnum.
KEY "di" IS dept-id.
END
With this record description, the default value of the
DATAFILE attribute is "employ."
You can use the following commands to associate a box with
the file "employ":
SET BOX RECORD manager
ADD BOX manager
To describe other files with the same record description, a
value for the DATAFILE box attribute must be set explicitly.
The following commands can be used to associate a box with
the "manager" record description and the file "employ1":
SET BOX RECORD manager
SET BOX DATAFILE employ1
ADD BOX employees
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